PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Et molestie erat. Aliquyam nisl amet sit option sea molestie sed feugait molestie kasd stet nonumy est et. Praesent mazim invidunt augue. Accusam invidunt no. Eirmod qui dolore labore eos amet. Voluptua nibh stet elitr dolor gubergren wisi ipsum dolore est tempor sed ut aliquyam rebum takimata nulla eos tempor.
Sample Output H3
Et sea gubergren erat tempor vero clita nonumy lorem sea lorem. Dolor tempor illum at ut iriure elitr diam amet amet aliquip labore et eos. Vero augue ipsum gubergren ex amet tation gubergren dolor lorem clita. Invidunt lorem stet lorem dolor. Sit aliquip dolor ipsum elit aliquyam sit sit.
Ipsum in voluptua sit aliquyam vulputate est quis feugiat ipsum et sed consetetur. Et tempor et eum est eos clita elitr lobortis dolores dolore ipsum tempor no rebum. Vel exerci dolor eirmod sanctus gubergren sed praesent ut ipsum ipsum et te illum. Kasd lobortis sed dolore et no. Invidunt erat sit vel labore accumsan ea exerci ut dolor. Ut ex consetetur exerci facilisi et sanctus exerci ut kasd takimata.
Sample Output H4
Adipiscing eirmod dolor est. Sit diam blandit duo dolore labore erat tempor hendrerit voluptua est sit kasd sed sit at feugait ipsum vero. Ea et in accusam et hendrerit dolores lorem ipsum amet sit vero in facilisis eirmod justo. Ut et diam consetetur aliquip congue facilisis. Duo amet consetetur ut eos et aliquip clita tempor dolores facilisis ipsum sit clita. Sit quis labore facilisi feugiat magna no. Feugait praesent dolore vulputate labore rebum sed. Sed rebum esse lorem possim eos zzril aliquyam diam gubergren stet facilisi no adipiscing. Dolor et placerat no commodo. Sanctus rebum eos no magna dolor laoreet. Et ut dolor amet.
Aliquyam eu nonummy et at lorem est nulla aliquyam justo invidunt erat clita eu et dolores. Eirmod dolore id labore lorem stet amet no nam diam eirmod iriure. Ea dolore lorem sit elit invidunt rebum. Feugiat lorem aliquyam diam id lorem takimata invidunt eos sea in lorem elitr. Ipsum sit ut sanctus dolores dolore dolor takimata no nobis ut congue lorem euismod sed lorem tempor. Laoreet elitr elitr clita.
Sample Output H4
Et ut esse laoreet et magna zzril rebum volutpat lorem et et veniam vero justo. Ut vero diam dolor elitr amet ea amet amet ut iusto et diam dolores duo elitr. Doming nobis laoreet minim sadipscing eos sed invidunt. Dolore sit et sit takimata dolor stet invidunt ipsum sit. Dolores et at diam. Nonummy euismod consetetur est consequat sit invidunt ut in ea eos clita dignissim. Aliquip erat kasd dignissim rebum lorem duo dolore dolores at kasd dolore autem dolores diam ex.
Commodo diam et. Dolores magna ipsum delenit rebum ea diam sed vero magna tempor sanctus ea voluptua vulputate. Veniam clita est ipsum minim justo consetetur ea amet dignissim. Consetetur dolore amet rebum delenit ipsum eirmod. Et ad labore invidunt dolor possim no sit no dolores et magna gubergren eros dolore tempor amet justo. Sit praesent tempor eirmod clita feugiat dolores. Et vero nisl nonumy takimata ipsum ea. Rebum ea doming ut nibh blandit erat ex dolor amet eirmod accusam.
Sample Output H3
Mazim stet gubergren nonummy et minim gubergren consetetur eirmod. Ipsum no nonumy nostrud sit diam. Labore dolor kasd justo kasd sed dolores diam labore amet aliquip laoreet vel. Sed clita amet duis vel aliquyam sit eum stet. Et sadipscing ipsum amet dolore erat est et et diam est nibh tempor dignissim nonummy. Eum nisl invidunt stet tincidunt ipsum dignissim ipsum et ea lobortis stet sadipscing autem eos et sea dolor ipsum. Et invidunt nulla nonumy consetetur sit ullamcorper feugait vel. Elitr quis duo eos dignissim in consetetur takimata et dolores in vel. Dolore sanctus sadipscing et est lorem.
Nonumy iusto sed wisi elitr voluptua ipsum invidunt sadipscing veniam kasd dolor gubergren diam. Amet lorem erat. Kasd ex diam dolore clita molestie eu elitr lorem ut voluptua dolor ut duo. Ipsum elitr diam est duis praesent stet ut vel tempor nulla amet dolor stet clita autem duo voluptua. Et est eu in dolores sit stet labore lorem ut. Augue vero dolore duis tempor dolor lorem lorem eleifend eum lorem consetetur sea consetetur.
Sample Output H4
Adipiscing erat tempor consequat takimata feugait sit dolor. Est qui eos sea elit dolore rebum invidunt dolore hendrerit diam sit ipsum voluptua consetetur. Justo at clita et kasd vero imperdiet vel consetetur. Sanctus clita labore eum justo sed ut sed et sit magna elitr dolores aliquyam ut. Voluptua clita no est labore dolor nostrud sea eirmod et labore voluptua erat elit vero voluptua eu duo at. Molestie lobortis velit clita wisi. Kasd elitr ipsum diam sea dolore invidunt ipsum ipsum. Nulla nonumy et est erat voluptua tempor ut kasd no duo lorem sed no diam. Est et nonumy lorem elit magna nonumy vel sed vel euismod clita.
Dolore sadipscing consectetuer eum erat feugait soluta accusam dolor clita ipsum lorem sit nam diam diam dolore accusam gubergren. Sea tempor feugiat consetetur nulla aliquyam sit justo stet duis wisi. Kasd no lorem sea iusto adipiscing erat ut ea ut consequat. Sit hendrerit eu. Feugiat sit invidunt et sed molestie et accusam facilisis sit dolores blandit hendrerit consequat at.
Sample Output H4
At in vero diam. Justo ipsum sed vel in et dignissim ex dolor tempor amet et suscipit stet vel sadipscing. Id dolores dolore consequat justo enim at diam. Clita dolor dolore in ipsum sit rebum labore magna et amet rebum diam. Amet voluptua sea aliquyam et at vero nulla est ipsum stet et kasd lobortis eu amet facilisi. Voluptua sadipscing ipsum tincidunt iusto labore eirmod ipsum justo no dolore. Magna duo dignissim eirmod magna magna gubergren esse kasd invidunt. Labore elitr sanctus nonummy et laoreet feugiat ut minim.
No eu et amet et ut sed. Est labore sit no. Vel consequat clita ut aliquyam. Et odio et illum stet dolore amet iriure eos elitr gubergren sanctus labore accusam ipsum elitr eos clita. Lorem eos amet voluptua dolore sadipscing tation dolores diam. Diam erat est voluptua. Et sea eirmod dolor nibh stet sed at dolores. Enim nulla clita eirmod qui sanctus at duo.
More Sample Output H2
Vel dolore consetetur no elitr est zzril est et justo clita suscipit ut no dolore sit est at. Facilisi accusam nihil nonummy. Ea duis duis nihil erat iriure clita erat tempor at diam tation stet stet accumsan volutpat. Eos gubergren dolor et gubergren sea tempor lobortis facilisi sit amet consectetuer clita. Eirmod justo facilisis.
Sed duo ipsum sadipscing takimata labore duo vel duo. Et sed aliquam labore sea ipsum assum sed sit sanctus sed consetetur consetetur rebum sed diam dolor vero. Dolor dolor nobis aliquyam magna tempor lorem ipsum illum sed et feugait eos duo dolor et. Nulla eirmod tempor sed erat suscipit facilisis lorem consequat labore vero est ipsum consetetur invidunt id. Et illum sit invidunt lorem sanctus no amet ipsum in ut ea euismod voluptua veniam. Stet dolores consectetuer tempor lorem dolor et et dolor amet gubergren. Elit kasd aliquyam erat et ut nobis stet eos et diam diam sed. Zzril accusam no et et elitr.
Sample Output H3
Hendrerit tempor erat tation sadipscing consequat dolores feugiat. Eirmod vel ea dolore ut lobortis est amet in sadipscing et diam facilisi vulputate sanctus elitr accusam. Eum stet delenit sed sit. Et diam laoreet tempor nibh elitr justo sit at takimata nonumy facilisis kasd et no adipiscing lorem sanctus. Lorem clita kasd dolore lorem wisi amet facer iriure est kasd assum sadipscing sit. Gubergren consetetur invidunt nihil eos nobis sed justo nulla sit. Doming dolor lorem sed et sadipscing. Magna dolor ea ut consetetur labore kasd. Aliquam dolor elitr illum consequat sit elit accumsan clita ea amet voluptua labore iriure sea.
Ex sit et justo iriure dolore. Vero aliquyam clita consetetur dolor dolore amet sit sit adipiscing et wisi diam sed rebum velit kasd dolor. Rebum dolor dolores dolore clita consetetur gubergren nonumy stet et sed no sed et lorem takimata et. Possim erat erat ea consetetur accumsan dolore augue ut ut ullamcorper amet dolor. Duis est duo duo takimata diam veniam duo sadipscing sadipscing suscipit duo gubergren eos est gubergren vero dolor. Vero accusam justo. Illum eu sea lorem. Tempor dolore ipsum vero tempor eu aliquyam facilisi lorem lorem.
Sample Output H4
Sanctus diam consetetur justo tincidunt et quis ipsum. Ipsum consetetur accusam te eos dolor elitr dolor. Nonumy erat ut lorem nulla amet delenit in magna erat sadipscing eos sanctus dolor. Sadipscing sit sit at facilisi sanctus ipsum eu sanctus rebum diam sit. Duo rebum erat in sed et wisi et diam sit quis duis est amet. Molestie sanctus amet sea elitr erat invidunt dolor amet dolores nonumy dolor molestie. Erat sed exerci ipsum labore eros blandit labore iusto lorem dignissim est lorem eum ea. Magna duo takimata in lorem amet vulputate lorem no sea. Lorem sea dolore hendrerit vero dolor sea dolores kasd. Quis ut vero tincidunt ut dolor elitr et tempor et velit sed sed tempor et diam amet et erat.
Nonumy enim kasd clita et dolor amet diam dolore sed amet esse. Praesent dolores dolore lorem dolor ad sit dolor eos takimata. Zzril amet et dolores. Duis vero tempor takimata te dolore eirmod rebum ad. Amet sea in vel feugiat consetetur et assum ipsum odio nulla sit ut ipsum euismod. Dolores takimata labore erat et invidunt. Aliquyam diam duo takimata stet dolor diam dolor blandit sit ex sit eirmod justo dolor sed magna kasd.
Sample Output H4
Duis consetetur dolor velit diam illum kasd nulla magna erat justo hendrerit magna in dolore ad kasd tempor. Placerat voluptua sadipscing est enim eleifend aliquyam diam amet sit rebum invidunt justo diam eos eirmod invidunt at sanctus. Facilisis invidunt vulputate wisi eirmod dolore rebum invidunt eu no feugiat velit amet dolor nonumy stet diam eirmod sanctus. Gubergren rebum ea accusam lorem nostrud amet sanctus sea eos accumsan lorem lorem et ipsum est. Diam dolores consequat invidunt nibh no molestie accusam voluptua at consequat nonumy vel sit. Molestie lorem no ea lorem zzril. Kasd consequat ut.
Duo at diam at ipsum praesent stet gubergren et eos et lorem liber erat lorem eros est stet. Sanctus labore at ipsum amet clita labore sit hendrerit ipsum est et ex praesent ipsum diam sit. Ea elit est et ullamcorper dolore nulla kasd euismod vero elitr. Tempor diam dolor eum possim duo iriure et. Rebum sit praesent et veniam amet diam at feugiat duo at ipsum eirmod nonumy ea.
Sample Output H3
Vel dolore takimata stet sit in no gubergren nonummy. Aliquyam qui clita ut amet vero lorem nobis amet dolor vel ipsum sit dolore at dolor at amet quis. Amet esse sed. Sanctus gubergren dolore eu. Dolor takimata clita magna dolores gubergren odio et et erat. Eirmod takimata justo ea ipsum ea tempor ad eirmod est magna diam rebum diam ea elitr ut diam aliquyam.
Justo et ipsum eum tincidunt amet kasd zzril et iriure sed accusam consequat gubergren. Aliquip stet takimata dolore eos dolores in sea lorem option. Ut tempor dolores consetetur aliquyam lorem consetetur amet. Diam et ipsum iriure lorem voluptua sit molestie in diam sanctus sed erat magna nam veniam. Diam clita elitr stet hendrerit wisi dolore no dolore et augue nulla ea eirmod. Lorem diam takimata esse dolor consequat euismod vel dolores sea commodo no hendrerit dolor vel adipiscing.
Sample Output H4
Magna stet ea nonumy sea imperdiet magna tempor dolore dolores esse accusam takimata erat sit. Sed sit sit et invidunt amet dolore. Euismod est at sadipscing facilisi takimata illum at dolor erat sit voluptua kasd velit et augue rebum facilisi lorem. Erat enim sit eos nulla consetetur vero vel et at. Magna lorem amet lorem ipsum accusam sea commodo vero labore gubergren justo sed nostrud. Dolor ut rebum amet takimata aliquyam sit. Qui clita lorem ut ut nostrud et et dignissim consetetur lorem nisl kasd erat sit aliquyam sed aliquam sadipscing. Vero et id takimata kasd ipsum elitr adipiscing odio nonumy duo amet magna nonumy diam. Lorem dolor et ut doming sit nonumy.
No rebum mazim. Et vero ut invidunt dolor volutpat ipsum esse wisi vero invidunt volutpat. Elit diam voluptua adipiscing eos nisl sed no ad exerci dolor elitr nibh. Magna et sed consequat et justo sanctus eirmod consequat sit rebum clita lorem ipsum et. Diam lorem lorem erat possim sadipscing dolor rebum qui. No ipsum dolor duis sanctus duis amet dolore dolores ea tempor voluptua ipsum invidunt lorem elitr.
Sample Output H4
Magna lorem et lorem dolores ea feugiat et. Ex dolore eirmod gubergren et dolore hendrerit feugait rebum ipsum dolores sed dignissim invidunt sanctus. Lobortis enim velit sit sit at ipsum clita vero in option eos kasd elit magna ipsum aliquyam ipsum praesent. Erat justo et eos kasd exerci diam labore stet. Amet dolores rebum duo consetetur erat sed at dolor voluptua. Voluptua sadipscing takimata sit ex congue dolor sit zzril ipsum dolor molestie euismod dolor. Iriure amet diam lorem ut voluptua lorem kasd elitr eu sea elitr invidunt ipsum kasd. Sanctus elitr nonumy ipsum voluptua elit eos. Stet odio accusam illum amet enim lorem takimata commodo est voluptua et. Consetetur diam consetetur diam dolore enim qui autem takimata dolores. Possim consetetur sit sit magna lorem dolor no consetetur et takimata lorem est velit.
Gubergren vel feugait adipiscing voluptua et nonumy clita ut dolor voluptua consetetur et diam aliquyam vulputate ipsum. Elitr justo est ipsum diam soluta nonummy sit wisi. Invidunt elitr nonumy no nonumy lorem accusam eros vel nisl eos justo accusam duo te sit eos. Et sed ipsum sit id amet quod laoreet velit rebum mazim takimata. Feugait lorem nonumy voluptua euismod stet amet dolore lorem ea eirmod elitr invidunt dolor eos dolor et kasd dolore. At nostrud accumsan feugiat nisl luptatum tincidunt ea.